| Ref No | MWT/MUS/1/0489 |
| Collection | Max Tyler Music Hall Collection |
| Title | The Story of a Kiss. |
| Name of creator | Godfrey, Charles, 1854-1900, performer |
| Extent | 1 sheet music |
| Description | Sheet music for piano and voice, titled "The Story of a Kiss. (Her Family Objected)", appearing as two bifold folio sheets (8 pages total). The front cover depicts a central illustration of Charles Godfrey, in a suit and wearing a monocle, kissing a woman, with the subtitles "Yum! Yum!! Yum!!!". To the top left is an illustration of an old man in a suit, with one hand on his hip and the other on his chin, subtitled "Her pa looked glum, glum, glum.". To the bottom left is an illustration of a woman in a black dress with her hands in the air, with the subtitle "That's rum, rum, rum.". To the bottom right is an illustration of an older woman in a dress holding a purse and wearing glasses, with the subtitle "Come, come, come.". |
| Notes | The binding has completely separated between the first and last pages |
| There is a rip along the bottom of each page |
| There are some small patches of discolouration throughout the document |
| The back page includes a list of Francis & Day's Successful Dance Novelties priced at two shillings each |
| Subject | Musical Theatre |
| Music Hall |
| Comedy |
| Songs |
| PhysicalDescription | 355 x 254 mm, black and coloured ink printed on paper |
| Related Person | Pink, Wal, writer and composer |
| Le Brunn, George, composer |
| Banks, H. G., lithographer |
| Related Organisation | Francis, Day & Hunter, publisher |
| T. B. Harms & Co., publisher |
| Related Place | London |
| New York |
| Category | Sheet music |
| Access conditions | This material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk). |
| Copyright | Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study. |
| Level | Item |